Title :
Single-photon-level memory at room temperature
Author :
Reim, K.F. ; Michelberger, P. ; Lee, K.C. ; Nunn, J. ; Langford, N.K. ; Walmsley, I.A.
Author_Institution :
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Abstract :
We present an efficient broadband optical single-photon-level room-temperature memory, capable of operating with a low unconditional noise floor in the quantum regime, with memory efficiencies exceeding 30% and storage times of up to 4 μs.
Keywords :
optical noise; optical storage; quantum optics; broadband optical single-photon-level memory; quantum regime; room-temperature memory; temperature 293 K to 298 K; unconditional noise floor; Atom optics; Noise; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Photonics; Random access memory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
